Officer Transported to Hospital After Sheridan Road Accident

Posted on 09/24/2021

On Friday, September 24, 2021, at 2:43 p.m., a Pleasant Prairie Police Officer responding to a non-emergency call for service in a marked patrol squad was struck by a pickup truck in the 12600 block of Sheridan Road. Both vehicles were headed southbound on Sheridan Road. The police squad sustained heavy rear-end damage, and the pickup truck sustained substantial front-end damage.
 
The pickup truck left the road and was found in heavy roadside vegetation. The pickup truck driver was the vehicle's lone occupant and was conscious and talking to Pleasant Prairie Fire and Rescue personnel after the accident. The officer, a five-year veteran, was transported to a local hospital by Pleasant Prairie Fire and Rescue as a precaution. The Wisconsin State Patrol is conducting the accident investigation.